Friday, April 29, 2005
Here we go again...
you’ll forgive me if I don’t immediately leap up to dance
[LA Times] “I think they’ve done a terrific job,” Schwarzenegger said of the “Minuteman” volunteers, who plan to expand to California in June. “They’ve cut down the crossing of illegal immigrants a huge percentage. So it just shows that it works when you go and make an effort and when you work hard. It’s a doable thing.”
The governor added that, “It’s just that our federal government is not doing their job. It’s a shame that the private citizen has to go in there and start patrolling our borders.” ...
and from the SF Chron: Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, just a week after apologizing for suggesting California should “close the borders,’’ warmly praised the Minutemen project — an armed citizens group ...the Minutemen, who are using armed volunteers along the border ...posing a danger to citizens and immigrants aiming to cross the border illegally.
Gotta love the the Chron—predictable as pie.....
And the responses?
U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (DhimmoCrap-CA) expressed surprise that Schwarzenegger would be “praising efforts by untrained volunteers to patrol the borders. The best course … would be to add an additional 2,000 border patrol agents."
Taking any opportunity to pot shot the Prez does have its down side—now you’re on record… Twitess.
Chris Simcox: “It’s gratifying to see that elected officials are responding to the will of the people,"
May it become a trend…
More from Ahnold: “What we’re doing basically is, by not really securing the borders, we’re saying: ‘Look, here are the various water stations. Here are the places where you can cross the borders. Here is where we’re going to help you.’ The whole system is set up to really invite people to come in here illegally, and that has to stop.”
[...Humanitarian and religious groups, such as Humane Borders and No More Deaths, provide water for immigrants crossing the border. Federal wildlife officials have provided water stations in the desert for animals but have been criticized for not providing enough for people. ...]
Any response to this little piece of obviosity?
Enrique Morones, president of the Border Angels, an immigrant rights group, responded to the governor’s comments. “I assure you, nobody is coming here for the water, and the stations we have set up by various organizations is a humanitarian effort.
Are they really this obtuse or is this evidence of premeditated creeping meatballism?
"We don’t respond to Arnold Schwarzenegger; we respond to a higher authority. We’re a nonpolitical, humanitarian organization."
Whaaa? You’ve sunk to purloining mottos from hot dog sellers?
Asked by the hosts of the “John and Ken Show” why Bush called the volunteers vigilantes, Schwarzenegger said: “I really cannot tell you exactly what his thinking is. I’m sure he’s trying to solve the problem as well as anyone can. And he maybe has more information than you and I have. Why he has a policy about the border the way he has, I don’t know. I’ve not had that conversation with him.
“But the next time I see him, I will have that conversation."
Guess ya won’t hafta worry about what to wear to that “next conversation” with El Presidenté... Even with the “I’m sure he’s trying, he knows more than you and I” crappola. Too bad. Those ostrich skin boots can be rough on the tongue…
And here is the predictably irrational, affective rebuttal:
Assemblyman Hector De La Torre, DhimmoCrap, South Gate] “scapegoating and immigrant bashing.”
“To support vigilantism is completely against the oath he took” to uphold the law,... “It goes way beyond normal law enforcement, normal border patrol jurisdiction. It’s just off the charts. For him to say this puts him to the right of President Bush. This is completely out of the mainstream in California."
You might wanna check that red/blue map again, there pally. And as to being “to the right of Bush?” That’d barely make him a RINO, wouldn’t it?
Nativo V. Lopez, state national president of the Mexican American Political Assn. [oughtn’t that be “the Mexicans *in* America Political Assn.? e-C ] “shameful” ... “nothing short of base racism.” ..."I think we’re seeing the real Arnold Schwarzenegger. The mask has now fallen. ...Those of immigrant stock should have no illusions about what his real sentiments and feelings are toward them."
“Stock?” Moo. BTW, that would include Ahnold, himself, Navito. Or didja forget? And Ahnold’s real sentiments are obvious: He thinks they really shouldn’t commit crimes.
[the Governator’s office responds:] “It’s not racist to ask the federal government to enforce its laws. Everyone should be united in wanting to protect our national security."
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Here’s a little day lifter:
In the same radio interview, the governor also asked a Spanish-language Los Angeles television station, KRCA-TV Channel 62, to remove a billboard it erected with the words “Los Angeles, Mexico.” The governor said such sentiments — implying that Los Angeles was now part of Mexico — would encourage illegal immigration.
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